Morris 80 plastic shark fletch unit

ABSTRACT

When combined with a variety of shafts of various lengths, this unit will create pistol crossbow bolts, crossbow bolts and archery arrows of various sizes used for recreational shooting, competition shooting, small game hunting and archery fishing. These bolts or arrows can be use with pistol crossbows, crossbows and archery bows or any other device used to project said projectiles. This seven and one half inch fletch unit is a solid one piece unit made of a strong but, light weight plastic compound. It has a NOCK to hold the bow string in place. It has two FLAT WINGS and a stabilizing TAIL which creates an accurate and stable bolt or arrow flight. No other fletch unit has flat wings with a tail. These features allow the bolt or arrow to be easily viewed in flight. This also allows this bolt or arrow to be used for competition shooting because these projectiles can be easily located, scored and then retrieved from any type competition target. This Morris 80 PLASTIC SHARK FLETCH UNIT has a smoothed dowel shaped end to accept almost any type of tubular shaft used for creating bolts or arrows.

RELATED APPLICATIONS

Provisional Application 62/398,916

Filing Date: Sep. 22, 2016

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BACKGROUND

This plastic fletch unit is designed to create pistol crossbow bolts,crossbow bolts and archery arrows. It is seven and one half inches inlength with a smooth dowel shaped end to accept a variety of tubularshafts creating pistol crossbow bolts crossbow bolts and archery arrows.Total length of the bolt or arrow will depend on the length of any shaftused. This new fletch unit solves many problems often found with thecommon bolt an arrows using feathers as fletches.

The commonly used pistol crossbow bolts, crossbow bolts and arrows usefeather for fletches. Those fletches continually wear out or, becomedismembered from the shafts forcing the user to continually replace thefletches. This newly created plastic fletch unit will never wear out orbecome dismembered from the shaft as, it is made of a solid piece ofmolded plastic with nylon reinforcement. The MORRIS 80 PLASTIC SHARKFLETCH UNIT solves those problems.

SUMMARY

A plastic fletch unit created by injection mold. Fletch unit compositionis durable plastic with nylon reinforcement. Fletch unit is seven andone half inches in length. Fletch unit is designed with two wings tostabilize bolt elevation and a tail to stabilize directional flight.Fletch unit has a smooth dowel shaped tip designed to accept tubularshaped materials such as aluminum, fiberglass or carbon fiber to createpistol crossbow bolts, crossbow bolts and archery arrows of variouslengths for target shooting, recreational shooting or hunting. No otherfletch unit is designed with two wings and a tail and, uses this varietyof materials to create bolts or arrows. This plastic fletch unit withits unique length, unique design and versatility in bolt and arrowusage, is designed to totally change and enhance the way any pistolcrossbow bolt, standard crossbow bolt or archery arrow is created andused.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows the plastic fletch unit of the present invention viewedfrom above.

FIG. 2 shows the plastic fletch unit of the present invention viewedfrom side.

FIG. 3 shows the plastic fletch unit of the present invention viewedfrom tip end.

FIG. 4 shows a three dimensional view of the plastic fletch unit of thepresent invention.

FIG. 5 shows a line drawn view of the plastic fletch unit of the presentinvention.

FIG. 6 shows a line drawn view of the plastic fletch unit of the presentinvention in relation to an arrow shaft.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

This plastic fletch unit is made of a solid durable light weight plasticwith nylon reinforcement created in an injection mold. As shown in FIG.1, this unit 1 is seven and one half inches in length. This unitincludes two flat wings (2) and a one inch dowel shaped shaft (4) toreceive a variety of tubular metal, fiberglass or carbon fiber shafts.Each wing (3) is tapered from five-sixteenths of an inch width down toapproximately one-sixteenth of an inch width starting three-quarters ofan inch from the nock end (5) down the length of the five inch wing. Asshown in FIG. 2, the tail (1) is three and one half inches long and (5)three-sixteenths of an inch tall and tapered down on each end. The unitshaft (3) is five-sixteenths of an inch in diameter and dowel shaped onone end and a nock (4) on the other end. Each of the two side wings areflat (3) and level with the top of the shaft. Each wing (1) isone-sixteenth of an inch thick. The tail (2) is one-sixteenth of an inchthick (FIG. 3).

FIG. 4 shows a three dimensional view of this plastic fletch unit. FIG.5 shows a three dimensional line drawing of this plastic fletch unit.This fletch unit, when fitted with a metal, fiberglass or carbon fibertubular shaft of various lengths, is designed to create various pistolcrossbow bolts, crossbow bolts and archery arrows of various lengths forvarious purposes (FIG. 6).

The invention claimed is:
 1. A plastic fletch unit designed to becombined with a variety of shafts to create pistol crossbow bolts,crossbow bolts and archery arrows of various sizes for use with pistolcrossbows, crossbows and archery bows or any other device used toproject projectiles, which comprises: a fletch unit comprising a solidone piece injection molded plastic unit having a length of approximatelyseven and one half inches with a nock on a first end which is configuredto securely hold a string of a pistol crossbow, crossbow or archery bow:two flat wings level with an upper surface of the fletch unit to controlelevation during bolt or arrow flight; a single stabilizing tailprojecting upward from said upper surface along a diametrical line ofthe shaft to stabilize vertical flight; and a smooth dowel shape on asecond end configured to accommodate a variety of shafts of variousmaterials including aluminum, fiberglass and carbon fiber tubingcreating pistol crossbow bolts, crossbow bolts or archery arrows.